Board hears water-safety updates: GeoPermit rollout, PFAS testing and shrinking well-testing funds

Sep 16, 2026

Environmental-health staff briefed the board on an online permitting rollout (GeoPermit), an EPA-funded DNR PFAS testing grant pending approval, and a smaller private well grant this fiscal year that will force prioritization of nitrate and bacteria testing.

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John, environmental health specialist, told the board the county is preparing to implement GeoPermit, an online permitting platform that will tie into the county land-records site and streamline well and septic permitting across departments.

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